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Title: | The Genetics of Sexual Dimorphism in Sheep | Contributor(s): | Gudex, Boyd (author); Gondro, Cedric (author) ; Marshall, K (author); Van Der Werf, Julius H (author) | Publication Date: | 2009 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5107 | Abstract: | This study estimated the magnitude of sexual dimorphism, i.e. sex specific heritabilities and correlations between ewes and rams for weaning, post weaning, yearling and hogget weights in 3 sheep breeds (Coopworth, Poll Dorset and White Suffolk). Rams were heavier than ewes at all ages, but higher heritability estimates were observed for ewes, although few of these differences were significant. Genetic correlations between ewes and rams varied from 0.97 to 0.59 and decreased with increasing age at measurement. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | AAABG 2009: 18th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Barossa Valley, Australia, 27th September - 1st October, 2009 | Source of Publication: | Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.18, p. 14-17 | Publisher: | Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG) | Place of Publication: | Armidale, Australia | ISSN: | 1328-3227 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 070201 Animal Breeding 060412 Quantitative Genetics (incl Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics) |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 830311 Sheep - Wool 830310 Sheep - Meat |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | http://aaabg.org/proceedings18/ http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36420775 |
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